Combined fitting and tiling frame for floor-mounted wall discharge water closets



Nov. 1, 1966 c. c. POPE 3,281,867

COMBINED FITTING AND TILING FRAME FOR FLOORMOUNTED WALL DISCHARGE WATERCLOSETS Filed June 22, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. COURTNEY C. POPEATTORNEY Nov. 1, 1966 c. c. POPE 3,281,867

COMBINED FITTING AND TILING FRAME FOR FLOOR-MOUNTED WALL DISCHARGE WATERCLOSETS Filed June 22, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. COURTNEY C. POPE\LQL ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,281,867 CGMBINED FITTING AND TILINGFRAME FOR FLOOR-MOUNTED WALL DISCHARGE WATER CLOSETS Courtney C. Pope,R0. Box 187, Haiues City, Fla. Filed June 22, 1964, Ser. No. 376,639 8Claims. (Cl. 4252) This invention relates to plumbing fixtures, and moreparticularly to means for mounting toilets.

The invention has for one of its objects the provision of means formounting a toilet bowl or water closet in a simplified manner and in away to arrange for the coupling of the water closet to the stack in aneffective manner despite the location of the closet at various floorlevels.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of acoupling sleeve having one end connected to the stack and its other endencircled by a tiling ring. Overlying lugs or wings on the sleeve andtiling frame have closet-attachment bolts projecting through the wingson the sleeve, with said bolts having non-rotatable heads disposedbetween said wings or lugs, and with the bolts protruding forwardly forengagment with the horn or flange of the closet. The sleeve is providedwith a widened or elongated end at which the coupling with the closet isestablished, such enlargement or elongation of the end of the sleevepermitting the setting of the closet at various heights according to thelevel of the finished floor on which the closet is rested.

With these and other objects to be hereinafter set forth in view, I havedevised the arrangement of parts to be described and more particularlypointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of theinvention is disclosed,

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a water closet installationarranged according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through part of thestructure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view, taken substantially on the line 33 ofFIG. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view, taken substantially on the line 44 of FIG.3, looking in the direction of the arrows, and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the notched sealing ring that isinterposed between the horn or flange of the closet and one end of theconnection sleeve.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown therein a sleeve 1 forestablishing a connection between a stack 21 and the closet which sleevehas one end provided with diametrically-opposite, laterally-projectingwings 2 extending outwardly from it. Each of these wings has a verticalslot 3'. Shiftable bolts for the mounting of the closet 10 are shown at4 and which bolts pass through the vertical slots 3. At 5 is shown thetiling frame, and in the form disclose-d the same consists of arectangular frame member which fits around or encircles the sleeve 1 andis mounted in the wall 11, with the face of the wall disposed flush withthe forward face of the tiling frame 5.

The tiling frame 5 is provided with a pair of integrallyformed lugs 6which are located diametrically opposite to one another and are disposedin overlying relation in respect to the wings 2 to permit of the entryof temporary bolts 8 of self-tapping nature, into them. Each of thecloset-mounting bolts 4 is provided with a head 7, said head beingnon-round or flattened at its edge as shown at 12, which flattened partof the head cont-acts with a rib 13 formed on each of the wings 2,whereby 3,281,867 Patented Nov. 1, 1966 the head 7, disposed between thewings 2 and the lugs 6, is prevented from rotatively turning yet can beadjustably moved up or down within the limits of the slots 3 In theinitial installation of the device, temporary bolts 8 are used to attachthe tiling frame 5 to the sleeve 1 by connecting the wings 2 and lugs 6together, and when the tiling frame is set in the wall and theconnection made by the sleeve 1 to the part 14 of the stack 21, thebolts 8 can be removed. The sleeve 1 after being cut to required lengthis coupled to the part 14 of the stack by four bolts 15 and a packingland 16 compresses a seal gasket 16' into a groove 14' of the part orhub 14. This coupling arrangement makes an effective tight seal betweenone end of the sleeve 1 and the part 14 of the stack holds the sleeve 1securely. The bolts 4, prior to the installation of the sleeve 1 withits wings 2 arranged forwardly of the lugs 6-, were inserted through theslot 3 and were allowed to drop down in said slots, with the heads ofthe bolts 4 being then located between the wing 2 and lugs 6substantially as shown in FIG. 4. This arrangement permits the free upand down adjustments of the bolts 4 in the slots 3 of the wings 2 andsince the heads of the bolts 4 are confined between the wings 2 and thelugs 6, the bolts cannot back away and become detached from the wingsnor can they rotate.

The tiling frame 5, then disposed around the sleeve 1 and attached tothe sleeve by the temporary bolts 8, now becomes a ground for theplasterer or tile-setter and when he plasters or tiles the wall flushwith the forward edge of the frame 5, there is just the requiredprojection of the sleeve 1 toward the right as viewed FIGS. 1 and 2, toprovide for an effective seal with the closet Ill.

After the sleeve 1 and the tiling frame 5 have been installed in thewall as above described, the closet 10 may then be mounted. This is doneby first removing and discarding the temporary bolts 8. Theclosetfastening bolts 4 are then adjusted in the slots 3 to align themwith holes 15' provided in the horn or flange 16' of the closet 10. Awide-faced sealing ring 17 is interposed between the horn or flange 16'of the closet and the end of the sleeve 1, said ring being shown in FIG.5. The ring 17 is notched at diametrically-opposite locations as shownat 18 to clear the bolts 4. The notches 18 also permit a full one-inchof vertical adjustment to compensate for any variation of finished floorlevel. Nuts 19 applied to the bolts 4 firmly attach the horn or flange16' of the closet to the wings 2 of the sleeve 1.

As will be seen in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the sleeve 1 is enlarged at oneend, thus enlarging this end of the sleeve, so that the mounting of thecloset at varying elevations according to the finished elevation of thefloor is easily accomplished. After the parts have been connected in themanner described, a suitable cauling compound is placed around the backof the closet flange 16' resulting in a vermin-proof installation, yetone which provides for easy access for servicing, repairs orreplacements.

The described arrangement is such that installation of the closet iseasily effected under various conditions and particularly whendifference in floor levels is encountered. The assurance of leak-proofconnections is obtained and numerous other installation advantages willbe apparent to those skilled in this art.

Having thus described a single embodiment of the invention, it isobvious that the same is not to be restricted thereto, but is broadenough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexedclaims.

What I claim is:

1. A mounting for water closets comprising, a sleeve having one endcoupled to a stack, the opposite end of the sleeve being provided withlaterally-projecting slotted wings, a tiling frame encircling the sleeveand having lugs disposed over the wings on the sleeve, bolts extendingthrough the slots in the Wings, said bolts being vertically adjustablein said slots, the bolts having heads located between the wings andlugs, means for preventing the heads from rotating or backing away and acloset attached to the Wings by said bolts.

2. A mounting for water closets as provided for in claim 1, wherein themeans for preventing the heads of the bolts from rotative movementconsists of ribs provided on a face of the Wings, and the end of thesleeve adjacent to the closet being enlarged to allow for the attachmentof the closet at various floor levels.

3. A mounting for water closets comprising, a sleeve having one endattached to a stack and its opposite end coupled to a water closet, thelatter end of the sleeve being widened to allow for the coupling of thecloset to the sleeve when the closet is supported at different floorlevels, the enlarged end of the sleeve having lateral wings providedwith vertically-disposed slots, bolts extending through said slots andpassing through parts of the closet to thereby fasten the closet to thesleeve, a tiling frame encircling the sleeve and having inwardlydirectedlugs extending over the wings on the sleeve, bolts extending through thewings, the bolts having heads confined between the wings and lugs, saidbolts being vertically adjustable in the slots before the attachment ofthe closet to the sleeve, and means on the wings for engaging the headsof the bolts and preventing turning movement of the bolts.

4. A mounting for water closets as provided for in claim 3, wherein thewings on the sleeve are disposed on the outside of the sleeve adjacentto one end of the sleeve, and the lugs on the tiling frame are on theinside of the frame and project inwardly therefrom to positions behindthe wings, the lugs extending behind the heads of the bolts, the wingsbeing ribbed to engage with parts of the bolt heads to prevent turningor backing away of the bolts, and the sleeve being widened at the end ofthe same that is coupled to the water closet.

5. A mounting for water closets comprising, a tiling frame having lugs,a sleeve having a part extending through the frame, said sleeve havingslotted Wings, bolts extended through the slots in the wings forattaching a water closet to the sleeve, the bolts having heads that arenon-rotatively confined between the wings and lugs and also being heldagainst backing away.

6. A mounting for water closets and provided for in claim 5, wherein thesleeve has a widened end adjacent to the point of attachment of saidsleeve to the closet.

7. A mounting for water closets as provided for in claim 6, wherein asealing washer is interposed between the water closet and the widenedend of the sleeve, said sealing washer having opposite notches to clearthe closet-mounting bolts and to permit of the vertical adjustment ofthe closet under varying floor height conditions.

8. The method of mounting a water closet comprising, placingcloset-attaching bolts through lateral extensions of a sleeve,temporarily attaching the sleeve to a tiling ring with such ringencircling the sleeve and with the heads of the bolts non-rotativelydisposed between parts of the sleeve and parts of the tiling ring,coupling one end of the sleeve to a stack, finishing a wall surfacearound the tiling ring, removing the means which temporarily connectsthe tiling ring and sleeve and then attaching a water closet to thebolts.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 7/1963 Ambrusteret a1. 4-252 8/1965 Hartshorn 4252 X

1. A MOUNTING FOR WARER CLOSETS COMPRISING, A SLEEVE HAVING ONE ENDCOUPLED TO A STACK, THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SLEEVE BEING PROVIDED WITHLATERALLY-PROJECTING SLOTTED WINGS, A TILTING FRAME ENCIRCLING THESLEEVE AND HAVING LUGS DISPOSED OVER THE WINGS ON THE SLEEVE, BOLTSEXTENDING THROUGH THE SLOTS IN THE WINGS, SAID SLOTS BEING VERTICALLYADJUSTABLE IN SAID SLOTS, THE BOLTS HAVING HEADS LOCATED BETWEEN THEWINGS AND LUGS, MEANS FOR PREVENTING THE HEADS FROM ROTATING OR BACKINGAWAY AND A CLOSET ATTACHED TO THE WINGS BY SAID BOLTS.